Cadillac or competing brand model ? Why ? Discussion, general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln?? in Item Specific Cadillac Discussion; Lincoln needs v8 power, whether it comes in the form of a V8 or not - or they will fail. ...

Re: general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln??

Lincoln needs v8 power, whether it comes in the form of a V8 or not - or they will fail. If the MKS is going to be slow, it's going to fail.

If they redesign the Town Car, I certainly HOPE they don't make it any more narrow. It's fine the width it is. Long cars are fine but width is important too. My Fleetwood Brougham was even an inch wider and that made things very comfortable for three people in the back seat. Unless a luxury car is going to have three rows of seats, narrow isn't good.

Re: general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln??

It does't have to be a v8, as long as it gets good numbers.The zephyr got 0-60 in 7.26 and they said that the MKZ is going to be one second quicker, so that would make the 0-60 in the low 6 seconds I think the MKZ is the best car you can buy for the money because of the AWD option.

Re: general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln??

They road tested the MKZ in the January Issue of Car and Driver. 263hp and 249 lb/ft of torque from their 3.5L DOHC V6. 0-60 in 7.3 and the 1/4 mile in 15.6 seconds at 91 mph. Pretty average numbers for the day, but more than adequate power for anyone.

Re: general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln??

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

They road tested the MKZ in the January Issue of Car and Driver. 263hp and 249 lb/ft of torque from their 3.5L DOHC V6. 0-60 in 7.3 and the 1/4 mile in 15.6 seconds at 91 mph. Pretty average numbers for the day, but more than adequate power for anyone.

Pretty much. Those were about the same numbers car magazine's were getting for my old Nissan Sentra SE-R Spec V and for everyday driving that thing had more then enough power. But the one thing I noticed is the trap speed for that 15.6 run from the MKZ. My best time in my old Spec V was a 15.196 @ 88.54 mph and the MKZ is trapping at about 3 mph faster so the thing does get up and go pretty good. It seems just like any other Ford engine. It isn't the best off the line but once it gets going it hauls ass

Re: general differences between Cadillac and Lincoln??

Originally Posted by I~LUV~Caddys8792

They road tested the MKZ in the January Issue of Car and Driver. 263hp and 249 lb/ft of torque from their 3.5L DOHC V6. 0-60 in 7.3 and the 1/4 mile in 15.6 seconds at 91 mph. Pretty average numbers for the day, but more than adequate power for anyone.

That is not the MKZ, its ths zephyr with the 221 HP engine.I haven't seen any road test done on the MKZ yet but its definitly a sprinter